Problem with ssd

[raheem237]

My ssd is not showing up in my bios. It also doesn’t show up in device management/manager. It is a Samsung 960 evo m.2 and my motherboard is a msi b150 pc mate. I’ve tried updating/resetting my bios. Please help

 

[USAFRet]

My ssd is not showing up in my bios. It also doesn’t show up in device management/manager. It is a Samsung 960 evo m.2 and my motherboard is a msi b150 pc mate. I’ve tried updating/resetting my bios. Please help

You bought the wrong drive.

That board only takes a SATA based m.2 drive in that slot.
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B150-PC-MATE/Specification
" 1 x M.2 Key M Socket supports type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in SATA mode*"

The 960 EVO is an NVMe based drive.
http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/960evo/

Send it back to the store.
It will never, ever work on that motherboard.

 

[raheem237]

Thank you for the help, and could you please recommend an ssd

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you for the help, and could you please recommend an ssd

You need a SATA based drive.
Either 2.5" SATA III, or m.2 SATA.

All at the 500GB size, for straight comparison.

2.5" SATA III:
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB - $165
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE

Samsung 860 EVO - $150
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-Internal-MZ-76E500B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S

Crucial MX500 - $130
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-500GB-NAND-Internal/dp/B0784SLQM6


M.2
Samsung 850 EVO - $160
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-850-EVO-Internal-MZ-N5E500BW/dp/B00TGIW1XG

Samsung 860 EVO - $170
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E500BW/dp/B078218TWQ

WD Blue - $130
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-500GB-SSD-WDS500G2B0B/dp/B073SBX6TY

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Performance is roughly the same for ALL of those drives.